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January 2025

NANB Launches New Website!


We are excited, this new site is more intuitive with easy navigation and search functionalities. Check it out here...

The Nursing Act: Responsive, Evolving, Transformative



NANB is inviting all members and the general public to attend Zoom presentations to review the proposed Nursing Act.


Presentations will be offered:



Please RSVP to aouellette@nanb.nb.ca indicating which session you would like to attend. * Simultaneous interpretation will be available.

BOD Elections 2025- Call for Nominations


NANB is looking for our next President-elect along with Directors from regions 2(Saint John, Charlotte County, Sussex) & 6 (Bathurst, Acadian-Peninsula). If you are interested in submitting your name, visit NANB’s website for details and nomination forms.


Nomination deadline is February 28, 2025.

Save the Date! AGM 2025

This year's AGM will be held on May 21st from 9:30am-12pm at the Fredericton Convention Center.


Registration opens March 4, 2025. Watch for more details in upcoming e-bulletins and NANB's website.

CNPS Implements New Fee Collecting Process



In 2025, NANB members will register for professional liability protection and core services directly with the Canadian Nurses Protective Society through their MyCNPS online portal. Previously, NANB members registered for CNPS professional liability protection and core services as a subset of their NANB registration fees.


The NANB is no longer collecting this fee for new, returning, or renewing NANB members in 2025.Read more...

Get Involved! Searching for Committee Members!



Complaints Committee


Nursing Education Advisory Committee (NEAC)


For more details and how to submit your resume, visit NANB's website

CCP: It's time to implement your 2025 learning plan!


At this point, you should have completed your self-assessment and developed your learning plan: CCP – To Note in January

NANB Practice Resources


IMPORTANT considerations for private or self-employment practice

Nurses employed in the private sector or that are self-employed must be vigilant in ensuring that they are practising in accordance with relevant legislation, standards, regulatory requirements, and employer policies. The following resources support safe, competent and ethical practice in this context of employment: Accountability in private or self-employed practice


NEW Practice Guideline: Medical Aesthetics

Are you involved in medical aesthetics? All RNs and NPs practicing in medical aesthetics must read the Practice Guideline Medical Aesthetics to ensure they are practicing in accordance with the NEW guideline.

Registration- Things you may not know.. 


Did you know there are serious consequences for providing false information when applying or renewing your registration to NANB? As health professionals, registered nurses (RNs) have certain expectations and rules to follow. Read more...

Clarification: The email sent to all members last week titled “Invitation to participate in external research project: RHC for FGC Study” should have been titled “Caring for Women, Adolescents, and Girls Living with Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting (FGM/C) in Canada”. We apologize for any confusion. The information on the survey can be found here 

FYI

Upcoming NANB Board of Director's Meeting, CNEI- Upcoming Courses and Exams, Education for Nurse Practitioners: Assessing and Providing MAID , Canadian College of Health Leaders’ National Awards Program, see more...


Updates to NB’s Cancer Screening Guidelines

The New Brunswick Cancer Network recently reviewed and updated Clinical

Practice Guidelines for the provincial Colon Cancer Screening Program and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Screening Program. These guidelines are available at gnb.ca/ScreeningTools.

Upcoming Events

CNPS Webinars, Webinars on Post Covid-19 Condition,   See more events...

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Family Day: February 17, 2025


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